They roll from the key board here as free as the wind Fabian/lefty/extremist all words to describe the greens or ALP.
Some, a fact truth demands us to see and understand, exist.
What however of Cory Bernardi? and his few more than a few?
Recent comments are only the tip of a very big iceberg in relation to this man.
It is my view Australia like myself is uninterested in extremes from any side.
But hopefully those posting about Fabians and such can take a real look at the extremes finding a home in this government.

Belly, the Liberal Party is well known for it ability to throw up the regular screw ball, wacko, religions wombat, etc. They have a "proud" history of it. As for Bernardi take you pick.
Has Bernardi ever met The Mad Monks sister? Or has he ever met Bruce Notley-Smith the local Liberal state member for Coogee.

Well Belly, think of it like this;
There is an ideal water temperature for a bath.
If it is not warm enough, you add some boiling water.
That brings it to a nice temperature.

Look at the senator as a jug full of boiling water.
The result is very nice, moderated by the cooler water.

A political party should not be made up of cardboard cutouts of the leader.
A healthy party should discuss, even argue loudly about policies.

Some seem to try & impose a uniform appearance.

Dear Belly,

Are you referring to Bernardi's statement that "Surely an employee should be free to negotiate an acceptable workplace agreement directly with their employer... free from government or union interference" as extreme?

I would go further: who has a right in the first place to label a person "an employee" (and his friend "an employer")?

In the bottom line we have two people who freely want to enter a deal between them (one which doesn't hurt anyone else), then someone else comes and tells them it would be illegal and that if they proceed with that deal, then one of them or both will be thrown in jail.

So is disagreeing with such violence conducted in my name (after all, we are presumably in a democracy, so they say) an extreme view?

I have spent many months in U.S.A. over a period of 20 years. I have witnessed a campaign to reduce abortion which is now manifest in several states legislating to do just that. Why is this happening?
Because many young people are aligning themselves with the pro-life sentiments based on their own experiences. They love their life and respect the right of others to be born. Bernardi has offered those of us in Australia a chance to again focus on whether a society should allow any destuction of life at all. We are horrified when we read of female mutilation and have laws which punish it. In Victoria we have a law which allows abortion of a foetus simply because it is female.
What is wrong with having this debate?
Unwiley

Dear Unwiley,

Nothing is wrong with having this debate, but so long as it is common practice to slaughter harmless animals, there is no chance for any pro-life campaign. After all, grown-up animals are more developed - physically, mentally and emotionally than a foetus. Their pain and loss are greater than that of a yet-to-be-conscious foetus who is yet unaware of their potential in life.